New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-23
ISIDOR COHNFELD COMING BACK.
AND HE SAYS HE CAN PAY ALL HIS DEBTS.
HE LEFT HOME on THE ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR AND
REMAINED AWAY On THE ADVICE HIS

NE LEFT HOME on THE ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR AND
REMAINED AWAY On THE ADVICE OF HIS
LAWYER.
DETROIT. Dec. % tSpeciaD. -Notvthstandn the
fact that lsidor Cohnfcld's bonds were returned
to Mrs. Olsen" the woman who attempted to ne
gotiate them there was filed this morning bill in
chanccry on the part of George Silva IL Co., Of
Ncw-l Or<. against COhnfcld, Sophia VctOrlnc
{" Mrs Olsen" }, Deputy Superintendent Bergman,
Superintendent Pttmar, Secretary Lincoln, Il.
McScrvc and the four police commissioners, ask
ing the issue OF iniunctiOns restraining the police
from delivering the bonds to Cohnlcld and Vic
t0rlnc. The injunction WAS issued and served on
l1ltman. McScrvc and Bergman. 1t is contcndcd
the statutes provided that win, property is in the
hands of the police, the prOprctorship Of which is
doubtful the police should keep it for ten days
until proper proceedings can be taken by the
claimants. Hoffman, the man in Windsor, con-
scntcd TO talk to Tribune reporter
My name is lsidor Cohnfcld,7 lie said " am
IN Canada SIMPLY as matter Of choice ard 10 not
20 back TO America simply because do not care
to. | have not failed in business in Ncw-l Oril,
but my business has fallen away simply because
have been on a trip for my health. have cred
itors in that city, hut will have about S250.O 600
with which to satisfy them. The fact is have
offered ScN cral times to settle with them for 700
cents on the dollar, and Mr.. Clark, my Canadian
attorney. will tell you the same Through the
stubbOrnncSs of one Of them have been unable To
do So, as he disputed the manner in which the
proposed settlement t. he made These offers
have been made within tie TiSt few days. The
business in New Norl, Is going on slowly under
tru>tccN p, but this y on account of my absence.
| left home on the advice Of my ply stefan. and
have maincd away on the advice oi my lawyers.
| first went West 10 Chicago and have been tray
cling backward and forward ever since.
" The boEd> You speak of are the personal prop
crty Of the lady who had them in Detroit. did
not like to eros, the river to offer them for sale
myself, as lhou-ht might not get enough to SUIT
her, so | advised her to engage John B Clark of
Toronto, one of the ablcst lawyers in that city.
She did So. Mr. Clark never supposed there was
anything crooked about the transaction. and he
right The bonds were bought and regularly
paid for When | left Ncw-l orb | had no bonds
IN my possession.
Failcd?7 continued Mr. Cohnf,ld. well,
not much. | am trilcd embarrassed. hut my
liabilities ,uht to about S10O,OOO and my assets
to about Sl0GO.OO0. | will go back IN few
days and see TO matters personally. My assets
consist Of real estate and personal property. |
think that explains the whole natter
Mr.. Cohnfcld would not say who frankie
Olsen is beyond the statement that She is not ms
former hou>cl,ccpcr and no member Of his family.
At the hotel She was registered rs his daughter
and called him pa" but that WAS their little
Joke. How she got the bonds Mr. Cohnicd would
not say. She is widow and has lived in New
York and Toronto. He has travelled under an
assumed name bccaus" every body knew his right
one. and if hc kept IT they would worry him TO
death asking him about Ncw-iork and the trot-
ting horses.
The Detroit counsel for the woman talk Of start
ing suit for damages against the bankers who
aroused the suspicious OF the police ana lnstlsnttd
the arrest They say that the only suspicious
circumstance in the eyes Of the bankers was the
unusually large amount OF money displayed by n
stranger in the city who tired TO transact bn>l
ness Al their banks Cohnfcld, Mrs Olsen and
Attorney J. i. Clark left Windsor for the Fast or
the o'clock train this morning. They ana no, noi
make known their destination ana IL Is suppose"
they have gone TO Toronto
CoIIyFrI.D'r ATTORNEY THINKS HE'S DAFT
Julius j. Frank Cohnfcd'- Ncw York attorney
uas confrontcd with the above interview yesterday
and was overwhelmed with surprise. lie '%d /:
WcI that beats all ] cannot understand H.
received a letter from Cohnfcld This morning. u
was written aud mailed late yesterday afternoon
and came neither from windsor nor any place near
tbcre Nor did II say one word about the bona u"u
bic II contains only Instructions regarding '"hn'
fields interests here This alleged interview has
other characteristics which strike Inc decidedly odd
II IS strange that Cohnfcld should surround himself
with an army Of lawyers and then ,ay such ,lly things
1t IS stranger st that the lawyers should allow hn
IN do So The worst Of all Is his claim that the bonds
belonged TO Mrs. Ol,cn. after that woman had at The
lepiunng Of the trouble sworn that she was trying
10 negotiate them FOR retired merchant and aiirr
hc himself had shown much anxiety over the re-
suit Of the wuman'r attempt. II COhncld 'aid those
things. De- Is dam ~
Thr attorneys Of those creditors of Cohnfcld who
tried TO attar tho bonds In Detroit for the hcn'h ~
their creditors. but dd not succeed In topping i"-
trot police officials from returning The bonds 10 Mrs
Olsen. wcrr I'm the best mood yesterday. Mr
IIumcnsticl. the legal adviser Of Mr. Lchicnh"lm'
trcl larrd that the return of the bond, outrage
and that The creditors would get legal 'atlsfhctlun
out Of Acting Police superintendent Borgman Of
Detroit.